Event showcases EMS and Nursing programs at CCCC
SANFORD, N.C. — Standing at a table in the middle of CCCC’s Lee Main Campus, EMS Instructor Ryan Jones shoved gauze into a deep gash in a simulated leg.
“Can they get infected?” student Chloe Ochoa asked hypothetically as she watched the demonstration.
“If they live to get the infection, that means that’s a good thing,” Jones said. “If we don’t do this, they aren’t going to survive.”
CCCC’s EMS and Nursing programs educate students for career fields that are critical to frontline response to medical emergencies. At a showcase event held March 23, students from across the college had the opportunity to participate in hands-on activities and demonstrations to learn about these careers and chat with instructors about the programs.
One of the opportunities CCCC offers is a pathway that connects the EMS and Nursing fields.
The Paramedic to Associate Degree Nursing Advanced Placement option provides a route for currently certified paramedics to transition into the role of registered nurse. Participating students can take a spring bridge class and join the Associate Degree Nursing class in the summer, completing the nursing program in one year.
At the event, Nursing Instructor Jessica Holt showed off a variety of training tools, including a machine that simulates different breathing and heartbeat sounds. Attendees could use a stethoscope to listen in.
Holt said that CCCC nursing graduates very often take jobs in the local community, providing care and support to patients in the college’s service area.
Likewise, CCCC EMS graduates are filling critical hiring gaps for local governments and saving lives across the region.
For more information about educational opportunities in Health Sciences and Public Safety, visit CCCC Career Communities.
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Attendees connected with CCCC Nursing students and faculty, as well as representatives from the college’s EMS program, as part of the Emergency Medicine Career Communities Showcase on CCCC’s Lee Main Campus on March 23.
EMS Program Director John Wilson (center) chats with EMS Instructor Ryan Jones (left) and EMS Administrative Assistant Gina Jones (right) at the Emergency Medicine Career Communities Showcase on CCCC’s Lee Main Campus on March 23.
Attendees had the opportunity to get their blood pressure taken during the Emergency Medicine Career Communities Showcase held on CCCC’s Lee Main Campus on March 23.